Dad Pulls Out Son's Loose Tooth With a Helicopter

Rick Rahim, a commercial helicopter pilot in Virginia, had a son with a loose tooth. And what good is a child's loose tooth if you can't get a good YouTube video out of it? (Visits from the tooth fairy don't pay for themselves.)

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We've covered people who have pulled their children's loose teeth with drones before, but this is the first time we've seen a full-sized helicopter pull off the trick. It says something about Rahim's skill as a pilot that he's able to hover so smoothly—hovering in a helicopter is not as easy as you'd think. The tooth comes out smoothly, and Rick gets to make a dad joke about being a "helicopter parent." Success all around.Still, we hope there's no airline pilot parents out there thinking about hooking up on their kids' milk teeth to a 747. We don't see that going as smoothly.